Outreach Notice

USDA Forest Service, Washington Office, Business Operations

Enterprise Program

Position/Title:INTERDISCIPLINARY: SOC SCI INF SPECLST/BIOLCL SCI INFO SPECLST/PHYS SCI INF SPECLST.

Position Series/Grade:GS- 1301/0101/0401/09. More than 1 position maybe filled.

Tour of Duty:Full time. The position may be filled non-competitively, through temporary promotion NTE 120, detail, lateral reassignment or other hiring authority.

Duty Station: This position has a flexible duty station location preferably within 1 ½ hours of a major airport, and within commuting distance of a Forest Service office location.

About the Enterprise Program: The Enterprise Program operates in a fee-for-service business model as an agile branch of the Forest Service delivering highly skilled on-demand services supporting land and resource management activities. Enterprise is a national program organized under Washington Office, Business Operations. The Program was created to support increased productivity and effectiveness through applying business practices within the Forest Service infrastructure. Enterprise employees are nimble and able to supply rapid response services across all levels of the Forest Service. This is particularly advantageous to the agency when specialized skills are not otherwise available or when workload exceeds capacity, which also greatly benefits the taxpaying public. The program is currently comprised of over 250 employees stationed nationwide, and is growing. Enterprise strives to deliver a ‘best value’ by consistently monitoring national and regional strategic objectives and the evolution of the Forest Service workforce composition to offer targeted, timely and cost effective services in alignment with what is emerging on the agency’s horizon.

The program provides:

  • Agency managers with a highly-skilled workforce that is flexible in supplying on-demand services.
  • A wide variety of services in the areas of Cultural Resources and Heritage, Recreation, Timber, Engineering, Technology, Communications, Biology, Range, Timber, Watershed, Forest Planning, Special Uses, and Fire, Fuels and Aviation Safety.
  • Services to all levels of the agency from the field to the Washington Office, in addition to external partners.

If you are interested in a career with Enterprise please visit our opportunities page;

About this Position:

The incumbent serves a GIS Specialist with responsibility for supporting managers and resource specialists in the use of geospatial technology and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for land, natural resources and ecosystem management

Converts geospatial information and remote sensing imagery into GIS databases. Assists with the organization and maintenance of resource information and data to facilitate analysis across multiple disciplines.

Applies applicable principles to facilitate geospatial model design and analysis procedures related to natural resource and relevant socio-economic data and products. Manipulates and analyzes geospatial data to support resource management decisions for multiple resource, jurisdictional, and ownership units or a large geographical region.

Interested applicants should be energetic, responsible, self-directed, and be able to work independently without much supervision. Applicants should also be proficient in communication and human relations to maintain good working relationships with partners, team members and peers in person and virtually. Strong writing skills are important for the various documents that need to be created. In addition, knowledge of Forest Service policies and procedures is preferred.

The Enterprise Program is funded totally from project work, which can cause priorities to change rapidly, depending on customer needs. While “enterprising” is demanding, it is also exciting. If you have high energy, hard drive and are seriously interested in being a part of improving the business we call “government” this may be the job for you!

For more information about the duties of this position or to indicate your interest, please submit your resume to David C.Green at .

Outreach Notice

Enterprise Program

InterdisciplinaryGIS , GS-0101/0401/1301-09

Location: Flexible

Respond By: 08/04/17

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